Trump-Backed American Bitcoin director Justin Mateen buys nearly $2 million of ABTC stock
Mateen purchased more than 306,000 shares across two days following the company's quarterly earnings, lifting his stake to more than 492,000 shares.
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $128.69 million on Thursday, marking a fourth straight day of inflows. Ether funds added an even stronger $92.15 million, while XRP and HYPE also finished in positive territory. Bitcoin Streak Hits 4 Days With $128.69M Inflow Capital continued to flow into the largest crypto ETFs as the week progressed.
Mateen's investment signals confidence in American Bitcoin's strategy, potentially influencing market perceptions despite recent losses.
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August 7, 2026, 9:14 pmMateen purchased more than 306,000 shares across two days following the company's quarterly earnings, lifting his stake to more than 492,000 shares.
The self-hosted crypto payment processor alerted on a critical vulnerability that was being actively exploited by threat actors and recommended updating or turning off the service to avoid loss of funds. BTCPay Server reported that the Bitcoin Red Team found and disclosed the vulnerability.
Bitcoin company BTCPay Server told users to install the latest version of the server and replace credentials that may have been exposed.
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At height 961,632, enforcing nodes reject non-signaling blocks, but Bitcoin does not automatically adopt the proposal.
The "Tapered Issuance Burn" proposal would phase in a rising burn of consensus rewards to limit the amount of ETH staked.
Bitcoin breached $65,000 on Friday, hitting an August peak of $65,340 before consolidating just under the mark with a 0.5% daily gain. Market volatility drove total crypto liquidations to $192 million, heavily dominated by $112 million in short position wipeouts.
Not all LTHs are under stress in these market conditions.
A Trezor phishing ad and an actively exploited BTCPay Server flaw hit Bitcoin users within 24 hours.